Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 19:35:22 +1300 From: Craig Harding <crh@outpost.co.nz> To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stallman stalls again Message-ID: <3AADBFAA.8285DD73@outpost.co.nz> References: <15020.33581.202339.895997@guru.mired.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20010312224412.04461ca0@localhost>
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Brett Glass wrote: > "The music industry" is a very broad term. It includes musicians, composers, > publishers, retailers, agents, lawyers, producers, engineers, equipment > manufacturers, etc., many of whom make very valuable contributions. > The way in which music is delivered may shift, but it's absurd to say that > the entire industry will (or should) just "fade away." As I've said several > times during this conversation, there have been changes in the technology, > but this is no reason to instigate a war between the many different interests > involved in delivering content. By preaching destruction, as you do in your > message, you're declaring war instead of brokering a new (and, hopefully, > better) peace. Okay, let's refer to that part of the Music Industry that is represented by large corporate entities selling popular music. I'm restricting my comments to this arena because here I believe I actually have some Clue about the behaviour of the companies involved (or, at least, some Opinion, which in the end is all that matters, isn't it?). In that context, I would say that Anon's comments are spot on. I'd go far as to say that those aforesaid corporate entities could be best described as a collection of amoral scumbags who will go to any length to further their own profits at the expense of artists and consumers. I am more than happy to declare war on these pricks. Go read Courtney Love's Salon article again and then tell me we don't need a revolution. -- C. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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